Sash guide



June 3', 1930.Y w s. HAMM ETI' AL SASH GUIDE Filed Aprii 8, 1929 20min/@'55 Patented .lune 3, 193() UNITED STATES PATENT f DFFICE 'WILLIAM S. HAMM, OF ELKHART, INDIANA, AND RAYMOND I4. GREIST, 0F CHICAGO,

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR-S TO THE ADLAKE COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPO- RATION 0F ILLINOIS SASH GUIDE Application filed Apre s, 1929. sei-iai No. 353,289.`

This invention has to do with sash guides of the type wherein one of theside walls of the guide is removable to permit-the associated sash to be moved laterally into or out of register with the guide.

One ofthe objects of the invention is to 'provide a guide of the type referred to in which the removable side wall has an attaching portion which projects laterally therefrom into interlocking rela-tion with the guide in the space between the edge of the sash 'and the face of the j amb.

Another object is to rovide a guide of the type referred to in wlliich the connection T5 between the removable side wall and the guide is so arranged as to allow the bottom 'of the 'groove in the guide to be positioned closel adjacent the face of the jamb.

Still another object is to provide a guide of the type referred to in which the removable side 'wall bears resiliently against the sash in such a 'way as to eliminate all possibility of rattle in the connection between the 'removable side wall andthe guide.

A further object is to provide a guide of the type referred to in which the connection between the removable side wall and the guide is exposed in the groove of the guide, thereby permitting` observation of such con nection while the side wall is being removed or applied.

A still further object is to provide a guide of the type referred to in which the screws or other means employed to fasten the guide to the jamb are prevented from working loose into the path of the edge of the sash as long as the removable side wall remains in place.

Thilo the foregoing statements are indicative in a general way of the nature of the invention, other objects and advantages will be apparent upon a full understanding of the construction, arrangement and operation of the improved guide.

One form of the invention is presented herein for the purpose of exemplilication, but it will of course be appreciated that the invention is susceptible of' embodiment in other structurally modified forms coming equally within the scope of the appended claims.

1n the accompanying drawing:

Fig. lis a fragmentary side view of the guide, showing the same applied to a window jamb and supporting a sash;

Fig. 2` is a fragmentary perspective view of the guide; y

Fig. 3 is a horizontal section, taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and

Fi l is a vertical section taken on the line 4 1 of Fig. 3.

As will be observed in the drawing, the sash guide consists of a fixed strip 10 and a removable strip 11. The fixed strip is provided at one side with an outwardly extending flange 12 and an inwardly extending flange 13, and is provided at the other 'side with an inwardly extending flange 14. The flanges 12 and 18 are separated from the flanges 14 by a web 15 which is provided adjacent the flanges 12 and 13 with an outwardly offset portion 16. The fixed strip is adapted to be fastened to the jamb 17 of a window, with the inner edges of the flanges 13 and 14 in abutment with the face of the jamb, by means of screws 18 which pass through' countersunk apertures 19 in the web 15. vThe removable strip is provided with an outwardly extending flange 20, an inwardly extending flange 21 and a laterally extending flange 22.

Vhen the removable strip is assembled with the fixed strip, the flange 2() is in spaced generally parallel relation to the flange 12, the flange 21 is in abutment with the flange 14, and the flange 21 is in lapped contiguous association with the flange 15. A spring strip 23 is secured to the flange 2O of the removable strip, and the free edge of' the spring strip is disposed adjacent the flange 22 in spaced relation to the flange 20. lVhen a sash 24 is mounted in the guide, the flange 12 bears against one side of the sash, and the free edge of the spring strip 23 is deflected laterally toward the flange 20 and bears resiliently against the other side of the sash, all as clearly shown in Fig. 8.

r1`he removable strip is held in assembled relation with respect to the fixed strip by means of studs 25 which are secured to and project outwardly from the web 15 into L-shaped slots 26 formed in the edge of the 1 flange 22. The bayonet joint connections provided by the studs and slots permit the removable strip to be easily locked to the fixed strip by merely shifting the removable strip first laterally toward the fixed strip a shortdistance and then downwardly a short distance. rlhe flange 22 is prevented from moving outwardly away from the web l5 by means of heads 27 on the studs which bear against shoulders 28 formed in the edges of the slots and terminate flush with the outer face of the flange 22.

The offset between the web 15 and the portion 16 thereof is preferably a little greater in extent than the thickness of the ange 22, with the result that the portion 16 will serve to prevent the edge of the sash from shifting inwardly into Contact with the flange 22 and the bayonet joint connections associated therewith.

After the removable strip has been locked to the fixed strip in the manner above vdescribed, the removable strip is prevented from shifting upwardly again by means of a screw 29 which extends through an aperture 30 in the bottom of the flange 22 and engages within a threaded aperture 3l in the bottom of the web l5. A small slot 32 may be formed in the flange 22 adjacent the location of the screw 29 for the reception of the point of a screw driver or other sharp tool in getting a purchase on the removable strip in order to raise the latter.

le claim:

l. In a sash guide, two spaced side walls, one of which is fixed and the other of which is removable, the fixed side wall having a laterally projecting portion which is adapted to extend behind the edge of a sash in the guide, and the removable side wall having a laterally projecting portion which laps with and is detachably secured to the laterally projecting portion of the fixed side wall.

2. In a sash guide, two spaced side walls, one of which is removable, said removable side wall having a laterally projecting portion which is detachably secured to a portion of the other side wall.

3. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having a portion which is adapted to bear against one side of a sash, and a detachable strip having a portion which is adapted to bear against the other side of the sash and another portion substantially at right angles thereto which is adapted to be connected with the fixed strip.

I 4. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against one side of a sash and another portion which projects laterally therefrom and is adapted to extend between the edge of the sash and the jamb to which the fixed strip is fastened. and a detachable strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against the other side of the sash and another portion which projects laterally therefrom toward the fixed strip and is adapted to be releasably connected with the said laterally projecting portion of the fixed strip.

5. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against one side of a sash and another portion which projects laterally therefrom and is adapted to extend between the edge of the sash and the jamb to which the fixed strip is fastened, and a detachable strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against the other side of the sash and another portion which projects laterally therefrom toward the fixed strip and is adapted to` be releasably connected with the said laterally projecting portion of the fixed strip in the space between the edge of the sash and the face of the jamb.

6. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against one side of a sash and another portion which projects laterally therefrom and is adapted to extend between the edge of the sash and the jamb to which the fixed strip is fastened, a detachable strip having a portion at one side thereof which is adapted to bear against the other side of the sash and another portion which projects lat erally therefrom toward the fixed strip and is adapted to be releasably connected with the said laterally projecting portion of the fixed strip, and means associated with the said laterally projecting portions of the strips for releasably locking the same together.

7. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having an outwardly projecting sash-engaging portion and a laterally projecting jamb-engaging portion, a sash-retaining strip having an outwardly projecting sash-engaging portion in generally parallel relation to the sash-engaging portion of the fixed strip and a laterally projecting attaching portion in lapped rela-- tion to the jamb-engaging portion of the fixed strip, means for fastening the jambengaging portion of the fixed strip to a window jamb, and means for connecting the attaching portion of the retaining strip to the jamb-engaging portion of the fixed strip.

8. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having an outwardly projecting sash-engaging portion and a laterally projecting jamb-engaging portion, a sash-retaining strip having an outwardly projecting sash-engaging portion in generally parallel relation to the sash-engaging portion of the fixed strip and a laterally projecting attaching portion in lapped relation to the j amb-engaging portion of the fixed strip, means for fastening the ambengaging portion of the fixed strip to a window j amb, and means for connecting the attaching portion of the retaining strip to the jamb engaging portion of the fixed strip, said laterally projecting portion of the retaining strip being so arranged with respect to the said fastening means as to clear the latter.

9. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having an upwardly projecting sash-engaging portion and a laterally projecting jamb-engaging portion, a sasli-retaining strip having an out- Wardly projecting sash-engaging portion in spaced relation to the sash-engaging portion of the fixed strip and a laterally projecting attaching portion in lapped relation to the jainb-engaging portion of the fixed strip, and bayonet joint stud and slot connections between the jainb-engaging portion of the fixed strip and the attaching portion of the sashretaining strip.

l0. In a sash guide, a fixed strip having an upwardly projecting Sash-engaging portion and a laterally projecting j amb-engaging portion, a sash-retaining strip having an outwardly projecting sash-engaging portion in' spaced relation to the sash-engaging portion of the fixed strip and a laterally projecting attaching portion in lapped relation to the jainb-engaging portion of the fixed strip, and means for connecting the attaching portion of the retaining strip to the amb-engaging portion of the fixed strip, said laterally projecting portion ot the fixed strip being so arranged With respect to the laterally projecting portion of the retaining strip as to prevent contact between the latter and the inner edge of the sash.

In Witness whereof We have hereunto subscribed our names.

VILLIAM S. HAMM.

RAYMOND L. GREIST. 

